Archive for the ‘Mental Health Records’ Category

Folks, I wasn’t kidding about the rationing of health care and the slated early demise of anyone deemed by “the board” or “the committee” unworthy of medical care.Those with a chronic illness such as diabetes need to pay close attention here because after you turn 62 under this draconian enactment, it will be against the law for any physician to continue to treat you!

Here’s the first bullet from Tim Phillips:

Just what is wrong with this bill?

Under the auspices of a “Comparative Effectiveness Review” the package heavily funds the first steps towards the government-mandated rationing of health care and tramples your right to medical privacy.

By the time the DSM III R was published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in 1987, the field of psychology had been on the way to its demise.Many would argue that with the publication of the DSM III in 1980 the writing was on the wall.The “political” rivalries that dominated the work conducted by multiple committees were the beginning of the downfall of psychology as the crown of science.

Certainly, the rise of the American Psychological Association (note:This is a “different” APA than above.) and its encroachment on the credentialing (accreditation) of colleges and university programs in psychology crested during that same time.It is odd to observe these forces at work at the same time, but the fact is psychology became more politicized and psychiatry overtook psychology during those years as the profession recognized as the leader in mental health treatment.During that time the pay of the average psychologist diminished greatly.

While liberals, especially feminists, blamed the drastic decrease in salaries to male chauvinism and the field becoming recognized as a field dominated by women who we don’t pay as much as men, the sad realities are a bit different.Certainly, the profession today has more women than men.Salaries are depressed for all.

Psychiatry achieved dominance by getting their DSM series recognized and adopted by the entire profession, including psychologists and social workers.Adoption of psychiatry’s DSM was guaranteed when insurance companies began reimbursing services for disorders coded with DSM diagnoses.Moreover, the DSM series implied the only real treatment for mental disorders was medication, hence, the rise of the hegemony of the Medical Model and the demise of psychology.

The second reality was that the field of psychology did not become a field dominated by women as much as it was affected by the law of supply and demand.Each year during that decade, the schools and universities were pumping out so many graduates that supply exceeded demand.Under such circumstances, prices fall naturally.In fact, on average there were 250-400 graduates each year who could not find suitable post doctoral internships in order to obtain licensure!

Today, that mismatch continues and it is not advised that anyone enter the field unless they feel a real “calling.”In fact, one is likely to make more money over one’s lifetime in nursing with an average investment of four (4) years of undergraduate education in comparison to the additional five (5) years of graduate tuition required to achieve a doctorate.Remember, most people who begin that quest do not finish.

While Bloomberg covers part of this, one must be a member of the Medical Community to get full access to these proposals.Moreover, the Medical Community will “shut up” in short order and “go along” to “get along” because in order to survive professionally they will soon be forced to knuckle under.

Folks, this is The New World Order and the FDA:

The “Federal Death Administration.”

What is being rushed through unopposed by either party, including so-called “Republicans,” is:

Physicians will NOT be allowed to treat any “chronic” condition in anyone age 62 & over.

Age 62 is critical because that is the age for Social Security.They don’t want us to draw it unless you’re an illegal alien.Then they’ll make any illegal “disabled.”

Neither Drudge nor Bloomberg report this, but here is the flash through the Medical Community via physicians who subscribe and are members to medical databases which spell out the sordid details of how the new administration, Obama and “Change,” are going to target older people in the United States for termination.Some will die more slowly and more painful deaths than others according to medical experts consulted.

Sadly, three (3) so-called Republicans (and this time it’s not John McCain) who are females have jumped sides and there’s no stopping Obama’s Stimulus Package.

God save us and open the eyes of these three Republican “Death Angels” and the Democrats.

The BO crowd has in the Congress right now a bill to make all present and future gun owners register all guns. The owners must provide a passport type photo of themselves, a thumb print, and ALL MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS. If no mental health records are available because the person has never had mental health contact, then the gun owner must to go a doctor and establish a mental health record saying there is no problem.

Thanks to the person who brought this to my attention. It is indeed sad news.

Creating unnecessary Mental Health Records is not a benign activity. In fact, mental health treatment is not a benign activity.It is fraught with danger.The primary danger is iatrogenesis—physician caused illness.

Under the current practice of diagnosing a person or projecting a diagnosis and label on the unsuspecting patient, the “professional” spends most of his time trying to convince their patient that they are mentally ill and in need of treatment.Truly, it has become a system of sordid dependency as practitioners try to “help” patients remain under treatment—treatment that is not only unnecessary but harmful!

Having contact with mental health marks a man and/or a woman for life and it is expensive. Moreover, under the prevailing system of “Negative Projective Practice” under the hegemony of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) system and the hegemony of the Medical Model, almost all persons who appear for mental health clearance may be shocked and stunned when they emerge with a diagnosis of mental illness!

The preponderance of “false positives” (Those who are diagnosed as having a mental disorder or a mental illness who do not in fact have any such thing.) is already astronomically high under the prevailing practice of “Negative Projective Psychology.”Psychiatry in particular regards those diagnosed as “diseased.”

Let me give three examples of how contact with “mental health” or (falsely called) behavioral health and having a history of such can affect a person’s life:

A.Those given diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder cannot get life insurance regardless of treatment and/or treatment outcome.

B.Those diagnosed mentally ill are given the diagnosis for life and carry that label forever.It is pejorative.One can rarely if ever discard a diagnosis even when it was obviously erroneous and made in error.

C.Later in life it can have a tremendous impact.When one is up for consideration for placement in nursing homes, having any history of mental illness bars one from admission in better facilities.One will be re-directed to inferior settings where one they provide such treatment whether they need it or not.

In fact, under the DSM not only can the average person who has no complaints be found “mentally ill” and given a DSM coded diagnosis, but the vast majority will emerge with not merely one diagnosis but two or more!These dual diagnoses or “comorbid” diagnoses should bar the average citizen from clearance to possess firearms.

Since the vast majority of psychologists and psychiatrists are “liberals” after years of having purged the remnants of any and all “conservatives” from their ranks, the proposed legislative requirements of Congress should result in removing most of the guns across the country.

My mentor told me I would do well in psychology because I would be one of the minority of psychologists who were conservative, perhaps 15% in 1989, and I could better serve conservative clientele who were wealthier and had more resources (at that time).

Little did we know that there would be a most “uncivil purging” of conservatives from our field while the “liberal” side was mouthing off about “tolerance” and “acceptance” and “diversity”—all while targeting us for removal from the profession!Perhaps less than 5% of psychologists today remain who may be regarded as “conservative.”And the group with the most wealth today that “represents” the rich in Congress is the Democrats and the “liberals.”

Furthermore, since there will be so much “professional liability” attached to giving a person clearance to possess firearms, the fees for such services will be inordinately high.Under such circumstances expect psychiatrists & psychologists to double their fees in order to take advantage of this “windfall.”

It certainly will be ‘good for business’ and solidifying the power of psychiatry and the “therapeutic state.”

Remember:

“The purpose of government is to make money off other people’s money.”

(Quote me)

But this is the folly of those who believe everything can be “kontrolled,” comrades. This is the overreaching of government. It is most unreasonable. It is unconstitutional and un-American, a clear violation of the Second Amendment of The Bill of Rights.

More importantly, it is another step in the direction oppressive governments and oppressors always take. Now, why is our United States Congress so fearful of the people?